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jim acosta is on the phone for us. jim, the "uss wisconsin" is in norfo norfolk, the largest naval facility in the world. tell us what you can expect in two hours. >> i think what you expect is romney campaign pulling out the big guns and i'm not just talking about the "uss wisconsin." we're talking about paul ryan, we haven't seen signs yet, wolf. i should mention. i've been on the event site. we've not seen paul ryan signs at the event site at this point. i'm standing in line to go through security to get into this event site. i don't know if you want to call it a glitch, but 7:00 a.m. when most major television networks want to be on the air reporting this news, all of the networks are honie phoning in, we're phoning in this report as opposed to being live on the air, showing that battleship behind us, showing that impressive back drop behind us, we're all sort of standing in line getting ready to go inside this site. it shows the last-minute nature what the romney campaign has done by alerting everybody late last n
jim acosta is on the phone for us. jim, the "uss wisconsin" is in norfo norfolk, the largest naval facility in the world. tell us what you can expect in two hours. >> i think what you expect is romney campaign pulling out the big guns and i'm not just talking about the "uss wisconsin." we're talking about paul ryan, we haven't seen signs yet, wolf. i should mention. i've been on the event site. we've not seen paul ryan signs at the event site at this point. i'm...
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cnn correspondent jim acosta has been traveling at least in another vehicle behind or alongside. he is joining us on the phone. jim, the message is that romney-ryan team, they can expect to focus on the economy, on jobs, on small businesses just to name a few. >> reporter: that's right, fredericka, and i can report i'm in the same gymnasium as mitt romney and paul ryan right now. we're in the same area. that's right. you heard paul ryan talk about that in his remarks just a few moments ago. he talked about the economic malaise in the country and said, quote, it doesn't have to be this way, and i think we also heard something striking from mitt romney they think takes us into this thinking in terms of making his vice presidential pick. he said that he wanted to make this race not about getting dragged down in the dirt as he called it and he wanted to make it about the issues and there is really no other vice presidential pick that he could have made other than paul ryan if he wanted to make this campaign about the issues because selecting paul ryan essentially fuses mitt romney wi
cnn correspondent jim acosta has been traveling at least in another vehicle behind or alongside. he is joining us on the phone. jim, the message is that romney-ryan team, they can expect to focus on the economy, on jobs, on small businesses just to name a few. >> reporter: that's right, fredericka, and i can report i'm in the same gymnasium as mitt romney and paul ryan right now. we're in the same area. that's right. you heard paul ryan talk about that in his remarks just a few moments...
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well -- >> have you strapped your dog to the car, jim? >> i have not done that, no, i have not, but let me ask you, stephanie. >> that is a mistake you haven't made. >> and let's draw another contrast. mitt romney had two news conferences and president obama had zero and as a matter of fact the president has not had any news conferences in two months. when should we expect one? >> well, the president was talking to the reporter s to th ground in iowa and do you think that is less important than talking to somebody like you? everywhere that the president goes he is talking to reporters. >> well, in addition to. >> and it is important because he is traveling the country and running for re-election and iowa is a critical state and we will spend our time talking to media all over the country. sglt and "entertainment tonight" and "people" magazine and he did that and are they more important than the national news media? >> well, not more important, but equally important and that is where a lot of the americans get their news, and the president
well -- >> have you strapped your dog to the car, jim? >> i have not done that, no, i have not, but let me ask you, stephanie. >> that is a mistake you haven't made. >> and let's draw another contrast. mitt romney had two news conferences and president obama had zero and as a matter of fact the president has not had any news conferences in two months. when should we expect one? >> well, the president was talking to the reporter s to th ground in iowa and do you...
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and jim, as jim mentioned, we don't know if it's going to be congressman paul ryan right now. we do not know that. what we do know is the speculation about this is going to go on for hours. it's been a lot of hype about this announcement in the weeks past as well. the romney campaign really doing a lot, wolf, to keep the hype alive in terms of who the vp nominee is going to be. they even put out a smartphone app where you can follow this along. it certainly doesn't hurt the campaign to keep the hype alive and keep the excitement alive going about this, right? wolf, are you there? have we got wolf blitzer in d.c.? >> can you hear me? >> yeah, we've got you, wolf. it certainly doesn't hurt to keep the hype alive from the romney campaign's perspective? >> he obviously wants attention. i'm a little surprised they're doing it on a saturday morning, early on a saturday morning, even as the olympics have not yet been completed in london. but that's their decision. when you see the two of them together, mitt romney and paul ryan, they look like a good team. mitt romney is what, 64, 65
and jim, as jim mentioned, we don't know if it's going to be congressman paul ryan right now. we do not know that. what we do know is the speculation about this is going to go on for hours. it's been a lot of hype about this announcement in the weeks past as well. the romney campaign really doing a lot, wolf, to keep the hype alive in terms of who the vp nominee is going to be. they even put out a smartphone app where you can follow this along. it certainly doesn't hurt the campaign to keep the...
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jim, let's talk about the polling. they indicate they don't know who paul ryan is. is he a risky bet for romney? >> we're going to find out, randi. one thing we thought was going to happen before the paul ryan name emerged late in the game is he was going to go with a safe pick. rob portman, tim pawlenty. what you saw in the final days leading up to this, is you saw a lot of clamoring among fiscal conservatives, social conservatives, to make a much bolder choice. and i think that paul ryan is a function of that. you know, whether or not that pressure had anything to do with mitt romney's choice, honestly, i have no idea. what is striking to me about what they've done here with the romney campaign is, they really sort of unleashed the surprise on everybody. caught everybody by surprise. nobody was expecting this to happen on saturday morning, while the olympics were still going on, at the beginning of this bus tour. if anything, everybody was expecting it to happen at the end of the bus tour or after the bus tour. this has caught everybody by surprise. and i think th
jim, let's talk about the polling. they indicate they don't know who paul ryan is. is he a risky bet for romney? >> we're going to find out, randi. one thing we thought was going to happen before the paul ryan name emerged late in the game is he was going to go with a safe pick. rob portman, tim pawlenty. what you saw in the final days leading up to this, is you saw a lot of clamoring among fiscal conservatives, social conservatives, to make a much bolder choice. and i think that paul...
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. >> our national political correspondent jim acosta is in manassas right now and, jim, boy, the sign on the podium sort of sets it in stone. i wonder who made the stynes. they must have been sworn to secrecy. are we having -- [ stand by -- audio difficulty ] >> reporter: members of this crowd behind me, i can tell you, from crisscrossing the state today with this campaign today, that this -- these are the biggest crowds, some of the biggest enthusiasm that we've seen at romney campaign events since the beginning of his presidential campaign for the presidency and i have to tell you it is very interesting to watch to see sort of the change in energy for this campaign versus what we've seen earlier inhis campaign. now earlier today as you saw up and down this stage mitt romney and paul ryan started ratcheting up the rhetoric, threw down the gauntlet on this issue of the economy trying to get the campaign to take its focus away from those personal issues going after mitt romney's business record and back on the issues that they want to talk about and that is the economy. earlier today a
. >> our national political correspondent jim acosta is in manassas right now and, jim, boy, the sign on the podium sort of sets it in stone. i wonder who made the stynes. they must have been sworn to secrecy. are we having -- [ stand by -- audio difficulty ] >> reporter: members of this crowd behind me, i can tell you, from crisscrossing the state today with this campaign today, that this -- these are the biggest crowds, some of the biggest enthusiasm that we've seen at romney...
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>> thanks very much, jim acosta on the floor. we're going to be getting a lot more reaction from various folks down on the floor. we'll get some reaction from democrats as well. but john, you know, as you and i well know, the democrats and certainly the obama campaign, they were watching this speech. they were going through it line by line, and you are getting, and so am i, every journalist is getting a lot of e-mail right now pointing out to what they claim are falsehoods. misleading statements, lies, if you will, that were made by paul ryan. and i guess those fact checking is just getting ready to begin. >> the fact checking is beginning. our team at cnn is at it already. other news organizations will do it as well. you can be certain, that's how it goes in campaigns. some of it will be clear, you will say that was a stretch. other things will be debatable. in politics. one thing paul ryan talked about, that plant shut down in janesville, shut down during the bush administration. that happened to be a fact. he spoke of presiden
>> thanks very much, jim acosta on the floor. we're going to be getting a lot more reaction from various folks down on the floor. we'll get some reaction from democrats as well. but john, you know, as you and i well know, the democrats and certainly the obama campaign, they were watching this speech. they were going through it line by line, and you are getting, and so am i, every journalist is getting a lot of e-mail right now pointing out to what they claim are falsehoods. misleading...
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earlier we saw jim spelman who was at a usually very placid beach there in key west. now john zarrella's at the southern most tip of florida, of the u.s., as a matter of fact there where the gulf and atlantic come together. i see a few raindrops. lot of wind. what else is happening? >> reporter: fredricka, it's been picking up steadily all day, as i'm sure jim spelman was telling you earlier as well. what's interesting is that as we were driving down into key west earlier this morning, there are cars that are parked all along the roadway in the middle and lower keys. they call that the wilma syndrome. that's because when hurricane wilma hit down here seven years ago, hundreds and hundreds of cars were flooded out by the storm surge that came in. so we definitely noticed that difference. right along the highway is the highest point that overseas highway is literally the highest point of land along the keys. what we've got down here, another thing that was different that we noticed was a lot more buildings were boarded up. lot more sandbags out all along duvall street.
earlier we saw jim spelman who was at a usually very placid beach there in key west. now john zarrella's at the southern most tip of florida, of the u.s., as a matter of fact there where the gulf and atlantic come together. i see a few raindrops. lot of wind. what else is happening? >> reporter: fredricka, it's been picking up steadily all day, as i'm sure jim spelman was telling you earlier as well. what's interesting is that as we were driving down into key west earlier this morning,...
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jim acosta standing by. jessica yellin. to you, have you senator rob portman, the individual who helped mitt romney, played the president of the united states in the debate preparation sessions. >> that's right. senator rob portman from ohio is with me. have you been prepping mitt romney for the past several weeks. what is your assessment of the night? did the preparation pay off? >> jim, a terrific night for mitt romney. for the undecided voter in ohio, they were looking for two things, one, a discussion about the record of the last four years, and why we can't afford it for the next four. and most importantly, talked about his own policies and set the record straight on some of the misleading ads that the obama campaign has put out about his tax plan, budget plan, health care plan, so on. he did exactly what he had to do for undecided voters, really pleased with his performance. >> what about the line from the president that mitt romney has not offered enough specifics? and if the specifics were so great, he would be reve
jim acosta standing by. jessica yellin. to you, have you senator rob portman, the individual who helped mitt romney, played the president of the united states in the debate preparation sessions. >> that's right. senator rob portman from ohio is with me. have you been prepping mitt romney for the past several weeks. what is your assessment of the night? did the preparation pay off? >> jim, a terrific night for mitt romney. for the undecided voter in ohio, they were looking for two...
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what we know is that doesn't work. >> jim, on the campaign trail are you hearing a lot of chatter as well about the moderate mitt? we've heard bill clinton say, oh, the moderate mitt is back, oh -- it sort of comes off the president's post-debate thing about he is lying. that's not what he said. he has completely changed. a, has he completely changed, or have they, what we call putting emphasis on a different syllable? >> i put this to a romney aid adviser, and he pushed back on the notion the governor is moving back to the middle. he said the governor is talking bipartisanship now that he has this big audience through all these debates and that may strike the obama campaign as being wishy washy or moving to the middle, but the romney campaign says, no, this is what he did when he was governor of massachusetts. he governed as a conservative. now, a lot of people may say that's not true, but he did work with a democratic legislature in massachusetts, and they say that is one of the strong telling points heading into the rest of this campaign, but as for the issue of tax cuts, i mean,
what we know is that doesn't work. >> jim, on the campaign trail are you hearing a lot of chatter as well about the moderate mitt? we've heard bill clinton say, oh, the moderate mitt is back, oh -- it sort of comes off the president's post-debate thing about he is lying. that's not what he said. he has completely changed. a, has he completely changed, or have they, what we call putting emphasis on a different syllable? >> i put this to a romney aid adviser, and he pushed back on the...
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jim acosta, thank you very much. appreciate your reporting this morning. >>> so where does congressman paul ryan stand on the important issues of the day? he's most known for his conservative budget principles. in july 2009 he proposed the road map for america's future, an economic plan that would end medicare as we know it and privatize social security. at first he got push back from his own party because republicans worried it would scare away senior voters. former republican house speaker newt gingrich even called it right wing social engineering but he's become the darling of tea party supporters. ryan voted to ban federal health coverage on abortion. he's a leading voice against the obama administration and he voted no on the stimulus plan. he took on the white house over the affordable care act and wants to repeal obama care. on guns, he's backed by the nra. he voted to decrease the gun-buying waiting period from three days to one day. on privacy he voted to allow electronic surveillance of americans without a
jim acosta, thank you very much. appreciate your reporting this morning. >>> so where does congressman paul ryan stand on the important issues of the day? he's most known for his conservative budget principles. in july 2009 he proposed the road map for america's future, an economic plan that would end medicare as we know it and privatize social security. at first he got push back from his own party because republicans worried it would scare away senior voters. former republican house...
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jim acosta is standing by live for me. we're looking at the live picture. i just lost jim acosta. my apologies. i may be able to one up jim acosta. not sure, but i'm hoping here. if utah governor gary herbert is available, sir, gary herbert, can you hear me live from the convention floor. >> i can hear you. >> this is a nice last-minute thing as we're watching the breaking news of ann romney. i'm not sure if she's behind you, in front of you or adjacent. tell me about the planning involved. i have a million questions for you. for starters, get me into the beginning of this day. we're in officially day two, but it is day one because of the storm. as we move into the main events, what are you hoping to achieve today with this agenda? >> well, i think there's a lot of concern here for those who are in the path of hurricane isaac, and certainly puts a little bit of a damper on the convention because we understand the concerns that those people are going to be harm's way. that being said, there's business to be done here at the convention. we're all excited about the opportunity to fin
jim acosta is standing by live for me. we're looking at the live picture. i just lost jim acosta. my apologies. i may be able to one up jim acosta. not sure, but i'm hoping here. if utah governor gary herbert is available, sir, gary herbert, can you hear me live from the convention floor. >> i can hear you. >> this is a nice last-minute thing as we're watching the breaking news of ann romney. i'm not sure if she's behind you, in front of you or adjacent. tell me about the planning...
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they're coming up pretty quickly, jim. how is romney preparing. >> reporter: well, it was interesting to note the contrast between the president during the republican convention, who was out on the campaign trail, holding some very big rallies, and mitt romney. he was basically behind closed doors, doing debate prep with rob portman, the ohio senator, playing the role of president obama, and i talked to several romney advisers during that time, when they were up in vermont, and they said that mitt romney is taking these debates very seriously. he knows that this is the next big chance to sort of get the jump on the president. yes, these jobs numbers did not really go in the president's favor and they're sort of capitalizing on that. but they know that the next big audience that is out there, that is going to be taking a measure of both of these candidates will be during those debates. so they're not taking them lightly at all, wolf. >> jim acosta, thanks very much. jessica yellin, thanks to you as well. you guys will be ve
they're coming up pretty quickly, jim. how is romney preparing. >> reporter: well, it was interesting to note the contrast between the president during the republican convention, who was out on the campaign trail, holding some very big rallies, and mitt romney. he was basically behind closed doors, doing debate prep with rob portman, the ohio senator, playing the role of president obama, and i talked to several romney advisers during that time, when they were up in vermont, and they said...
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>> jim, thank you. now to central afghanistan where 12 people are dead, 57 others wounded following a series of explosions. afghan explosions say two suicide bombers targeted a joint u.s. military base. most of the casualties are civilians, four afghan police officers died. no u.s. troops were killed. >>> a warning now. what you are about to see is very hard to watch. a disturbing case of apparent military hazing caught on tape. it happened in april in ft. bragg, north carolina. it shows a sergeant struck hard in the chest with a wooden mallet. after a few seconds, he bends over, then he eventually falls to the ground. his father is an eight year army veteran and is furious about what happened to his son. >> i would like to see him charged with assault. that's assault. he could have killed my son. you sign kids up to go into the military and know their lives are in danger. but you don't expect to have a phone call that says -- he's got seizures because someone hit him with a wooden mallet. >> they say i
>> jim, thank you. now to central afghanistan where 12 people are dead, 57 others wounded following a series of explosions. afghan explosions say two suicide bombers targeted a joint u.s. military base. most of the casualties are civilians, four afghan police officers died. no u.s. troops were killed. >>> a warning now. what you are about to see is very hard to watch. a disturbing case of apparent military hazing caught on tape. it happened in april in ft. bragg, north carolina....
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jim acosta, many thanks. thank you. >> all right. >>> and here is a look at other stories we are watching this morning. >>> new violence in syria as the rebel fighters clash with the government groups. they are accusing the regime of excuiling young men in cold blood in the city of homs and firing on a bus with irn chshgs and while the fighting end is nowhere in sight. >>> in istanbul, secretary of state hillary clinton said that washington is concerned that terrorists will infiltrate syria. >> we worry about terrorists, pkk, al qaeda and others taking advantage of the legitimate fight of the syrian people for their freedom to use syria to promote their own agendas and even to perhaps find footholds to launch attacks against other s. >> clinton also announced another $5 million of humanitarian aid for the thousands of refugees. >>> and a message from michelle obama in colorado to visit all of the people at the aurora hospital to tell them thank you. dozens were hurt and killed as james holmes opened up firing
jim acosta, many thanks. thank you. >> all right. >>> and here is a look at other stories we are watching this morning. >>> new violence in syria as the rebel fighters clash with the government groups. they are accusing the regime of excuiling young men in cold blood in the city of homs and firing on a bus with irn chshgs and while the fighting end is nowhere in sight. >>> in istanbul, secretary of state hillary clinton said that washington is concerned that...
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set the stage for us, jim. what are we about to see? >> reporter: the alfred smith dinner, we are told that speech will begin at 9:05. he gets to go first. the president gets to go second. as you've noted and as we've been reported, this is typically a light-hearted affair. we have been reporting all day long that the gop nominee was in debate prep for most of the day. i should report that i did hear from a senior romney adviser that said that mitt romney also worked on this speech for this evening. it was serious business earlier today when he was working on his material for later on this ink. wolf, keep in mind, i have noticed out on the campaign trail following mitt romney, the candidate does have a sense of humor. sometimes the jokes may come across unintentionally. he does have the occasion where he does intentionally tell some jokes and shares his humor. it goes over very well. we were here on september 25th when he spoke in front of the clinton global initiative. after bill clinton introduced him, he said he was waiting for the c
set the stage for us, jim. what are we about to see? >> reporter: the alfred smith dinner, we are told that speech will begin at 9:05. he gets to go first. the president gets to go second. as you've noted and as we've been reported, this is typically a light-hearted affair. we have been reporting all day long that the gop nominee was in debate prep for most of the day. i should report that i did hear from a senior romney adviser that said that mitt romney also worked on this speech for...
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i want to check in with jim acosta. jim. >> hi, anderson. i'm with a senior at visor of the romney campaign. he has been spending a lot of time with paul ryan. you're also a key forbes policy adviser. let me get to afghanistan first. we heard the debate -- part of the debate between joe biden and paul ryan on the issue of afghanistan and the withdrawal date. joe biden made it very clear this country is getting out of afghanistan by the end of 2014. doesn't sound as if paul ryan was ready to go there. what is the answer? >> according to president obama's policy, not necessarily what joe biden said. but according to policy, we transition to afghan forces in 2014, and the administration maintains flexibility to keep forces or redeploy forces, even in a non-combat role. there are a number of years after 2014 that the administration's own policy allows for the same thing. congressman ryan believes that 2014 should be the transition, and they think the flexible the president built in is appropriate. but the goal, handing off security to the afghan
i want to check in with jim acosta. jim. >> hi, anderson. i'm with a senior at visor of the romney campaign. he has been spending a lot of time with paul ryan. you're also a key forbes policy adviser. let me get to afghanistan first. we heard the debate -- part of the debate between joe biden and paul ryan on the issue of afghanistan and the withdrawal date. joe biden made it very clear this country is getting out of afghanistan by the end of 2014. doesn't sound as if paul ryan was ready...
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i'm jim acosta in washington. special thanks to candy for letting me cover and congratulations for her to moderate the second presidential debate on october 13th. shi returns next week with a special edition from the republican national committee. i will be down there covering all the action on the floor. if you missed any part of today's
i'm jim acosta in washington. special thanks to candy for letting me cover and congratulations for her to moderate the second presidential debate on october 13th. shi returns next week with a special edition from the republican national committee. i will be down there covering all the action on the floor. if you missed any part of today's
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let's go there live, where my colleague jim acosta is. jim, this is a daring decision, isn't it? >> it really is. we should point out to viewers romney campaign has not put out official notification that paul ryan is going to be the running mate. you see the scene. "uss wisconsin" is behind me. a u.s. flag, flag for the state of virginia. but there are no signs that say paul ryan, from an official standpoint from the campaign nothing has been suggested on the event site. but you were saying a few moments ago, is this a daring pick? yes, this is a daring pick. mitt romney could have gone with a safe pick when this was more than a 50/50 pick. he could have gone tim pawlenty and rob portman. a few days before this announcement was made that they were going to come out with this pick today. the polls were starting to widen between the president and mitt romney. you saw the poll that had the president up by a few points then another poll showed romney down by 9 points. whether or not that factored into the considerations inside the romney campaign we have not gotten that sense yet. my
let's go there live, where my colleague jim acosta is. jim, this is a daring decision, isn't it? >> it really is. we should point out to viewers romney campaign has not put out official notification that paul ryan is going to be the running mate. you see the scene. "uss wisconsin" is behind me. a u.s. flag, flag for the state of virginia. but there are no signs that say paul ryan, from an official standpoint from the campaign nothing has been suggested on the event site. but you...
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thanks, jim. in a couple of minutes we'll talk to congressman randy forbes from the state of virginia. he spoke at the rally when paul ryan made his running debut. first let's get to john berman with a look at the day's top stories. >> good morning, an illinois man charged with shooting his air rifle at the mosque during ramadan services will appear in bond court. the leader of the mosque thinks david conrad should be charged with a hate crime. but police say prosecutors rejected hate crime charges in this case. gabby giffords is back home 19 months after being shot at a political event. they moved back to tucson yesterday permanently. giffords had been spending most of her time in houston rehabbing. her husband mark kelly tweeting, gabby has been waiting for this day for a long time. >> ee vank lift billy graham is alert and good spirits. he was battling a pulmonary infection believed to be bronchitis. no date has been set for his discharge. >>> nfl star chad johnson, formerly known as chad ochoc
thanks, jim. in a couple of minutes we'll talk to congressman randy forbes from the state of virginia. he spoke at the rally when paul ryan made his running debut. first let's get to john berman with a look at the day's top stories. >> good morning, an illinois man charged with shooting his air rifle at the mosque during ramadan services will appear in bond court. the leader of the mosque thinks david conrad should be charged with a hate crime. but police say prosecutors rejected hate...
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jim acosta is with the running mates. he talked to me about the parallels between the two men. >> reporter: paul ryan came out on stage and delivered his speech and then his wife and children joined him by his side along with mitt and ann romney. you saw sort of the present and the future of the republican party, and mitt romney symbolizing the president and ryan symbolizing the future of his party and those images are ones that the campaign would like to see out there and earlier this afternoon i can tell you, fredericka when we were going up interstate 95, and the ryan children and the romney grandchildren were playing together in the romney bus and they were learning how to make mitt romney's favorite sandwich of peanut butter and honey and they were doing bus suffering, whatever that is, we are told by the campaign. it's one of those lighter moments that the campaign wants the public to see. they want to see this image that they can put up against what is a very impressive image from a stage crafting standpoint. the p
jim acosta is with the running mates. he talked to me about the parallels between the two men. >> reporter: paul ryan came out on stage and delivered his speech and then his wife and children joined him by his side along with mitt and ann romney. you saw sort of the present and the future of the republican party, and mitt romney symbolizing the president and ryan symbolizing the future of his party and those images are ones that the campaign would like to see out there and earlier this...
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randi and victor. >> thanks, jim. >>> joe walsh has paused an uproar after talking about his views on abortion. he said he's pro life with no exception and the exception of life for the mother is just an excuse for an abortion any time for any reason. that has supporters of abortion rights outraged, especially jackie spear. she talked to cnn's john king about her own abortions. >> i had many pregnancies. i have had miscarriages. i had first trimester abortion. that is dnc and i had second trimester abortions. that's what happened when i lost the fetus at 17 weeks. it had, substantial complications to that pregnancy and i was at risk. i guess i'm frustrated by the fact that there are some members of the congress that can't, can't use science and medicine to make their statements. i mean, they make utterly false statements. >> the uproar has forced walsh to clarify his statements. he's prolife for child and mother. >> when it comes to having an abortion to save the life of a mother, i will say, again, that outside of the very rare circumstances, such as ectopic pregnancies, during which
randi and victor. >> thanks, jim. >>> joe walsh has paused an uproar after talking about his views on abortion. he said he's pro life with no exception and the exception of life for the mother is just an excuse for an abortion any time for any reason. that has supporters of abortion rights outraged, especially jackie spear. she talked to cnn's john king about her own abortions. >> i had many pregnancies. i have had miscarriages. i had first trimester abortion. that is dnc...
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to understand exactly what happened. >> reporter: but back in the spin room, obama campaign manager jim messina said it was ryan who proved who was unprepared. >> he got past paul ryan's index talking card points and got to the details. >> reporter: romney will spend part of his weekend campaigning against ohio and the other in campaign prep. they agree the vice presidential debate didn't change the very much, it may have set a combative new tone for the next faceoff between romney and president obama on tuesday. >> jim, thanks. >>> let's get back to libya for a moment. it's become a focal point for the ryan/romney campaign. darrell issa was on "real time with bill maher" last night and he did not know about requests for more security. >> when vice president biden says, we didn't know about their need for more security in libya, he's only talking about the president and the vice president because, as it turns out, he doesn't hear what his own people say at the state department and all up and down sworn testimony. >> issa is the chairman of the house overnight committee that is investiga
to understand exactly what happened. >> reporter: but back in the spin room, obama campaign manager jim messina said it was ryan who proved who was unprepared. >> he got past paul ryan's index talking card points and got to the details. >> reporter: romney will spend part of his weekend campaigning against ohio and the other in campaign prep. they agree the vice presidential debate didn't change the very much, it may have set a combative new tone for the next faceoff between...
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our cnn national correspondent jim acosta is in north carolina, and what is the day, jim? >> candy, the message is going to be on the economy, and they are getting into the spirit here at this nascar facility in charlotte, and just behind me is a mitt romney racecar that, you know, it could very well take the field if it were, if it were allowed to, but yes, the message is the economy today. the campaign pointing out in a briefing to reporters earlier in the morning, that the unemployment right here in north carolina, a state that president obama won four years ago is higher that on the national average, so expect romney and ryan to go after that today, and what i saw from mitt romney is very interesting. we are seeing a noticeably looser mitt romney since he announced paul ryan on the campaign plane last night. romney was chatting extensively with the reporters and paul ryan at his side much more so than we have seen earlier in the campaign, but we will have to see how long that lasts. the campaign is already taking questions about the ryan budget. earlier in the morning,
our cnn national correspondent jim acosta is in north carolina, and what is the day, jim? >> candy, the message is going to be on the economy, and they are getting into the spirit here at this nascar facility in charlotte, and just behind me is a mitt romney racecar that, you know, it could very well take the field if it were, if it were allowed to, but yes, the message is the economy today. the campaign pointing out in a briefing to reporters earlier in the morning, that the unemployment...
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at the waldorf astoria hotel is jim acosta. jim, i thought romney delivered his lines pretty well. he is obviously not a stand-up comedian. you don't even hear him cracking a lot of jokes. tonight, i thought he did well. >> reporter: from my vantage point, i think he did pretty well, too, wolf. this was about the best seat i could get this evening to watch the festivities. the car exhaust is making the jokes even funnier, if you don't mind me adding that. picking up on what you were talking about a few moments ago, the zingers were flying. governor romney did throw a few in the directions of the president and the vice president, perhaps a little more so than the president directed at mitt romney. i thought that was interesting. they were sort of in line with his stump speech. he talked about those jobs numbers and the president's reaction to the jobs numbers meaning that you are better off now than you were four weeks ago. he did a big bird rif and talked about how the sesame street letter for the president is "o" and the number is 16 trillion. sort of a dig at the president on the
at the waldorf astoria hotel is jim acosta. jim, i thought romney delivered his lines pretty well. he is obviously not a stand-up comedian. you don't even hear him cracking a lot of jokes. tonight, i thought he did well. >> reporter: from my vantage point, i think he did pretty well, too, wolf. this was about the best seat i could get this evening to watch the festivities. the car exhaust is making the jokes even funnier, if you don't mind me adding that. picking up on what you were...
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>> so, jim acosta, you have romney doing debate prep. ryan out and about campaigning. will that be the template for the rest of the week as democrats are partying up in charlotte? >> reporter: i'll be very surprised if we don't see mitt romney sometime out in public saying something over the next several days. i do know that ann romney will be out in ohio tomorrow. she's going to be doing an event out there. michelle obama speech's last night reminding voters she had a pretty good speech at the republican convention in tampa. getting back to what paul ryan said on the campaign trail, i think the romney campaign really sees this as a gift of what happened yesterday on the sunday talk shows when those obama campaign advisors were having trouble answering the question are we better off than four years ago. president obama was quoted in usa today giving himself an incomplete on the economy. even though mitt romney has not been out, his campaign has opinion hard at work making hay on those comments. >> thank you. cnn just heard from the head of the navy seals about that con
>> so, jim acosta, you have romney doing debate prep. ryan out and about campaigning. will that be the template for the rest of the week as democrats are partying up in charlotte? >> reporter: i'll be very surprised if we don't see mitt romney sometime out in public saying something over the next several days. i do know that ann romney will be out in ohio tomorrow. she's going to be doing an event out there. michelle obama speech's last night reminding voters she had a pretty good...
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jim demint has led the charge against the nation's debt problem. his new book is now or never and he is "outfront" tonight. good to see you. >> good to see you. we talk a lot about the debt. >> yes, you do. so, this letter comes. dr. mr. speaker pursuant to section -- i hear by certify that the debt to limit and within $100 billion of the limit and further borrowing is required to meet existing commitments. how does it make you feel? >> like we said, we knew it was coming. strange that the so-called deficit reduction bill just increased our debt and unfortunately, i couldn't vote for it because we not only didn't need the raise the debt limit to the degree they were talking about, but we made this a passable with only a third of the votes of house members and a third of the senate members normally, it takes 60 votes to pass this, but part of the deal was we didn't have to vote for it, but it would pass. so i didn't want to be any part of it. we've got to take the debt more seriously than that. we spend all year talking about deficit reduction. we p
jim demint has led the charge against the nation's debt problem. his new book is now or never and he is "outfront" tonight. good to see you. >> good to see you. we talk a lot about the debt. >> yes, you do. so, this letter comes. dr. mr. speaker pursuant to section -- i hear by certify that the debt to limit and within $100 billion of the limit and further borrowing is required to meet existing commitments. how does it make you feel? >> like we said, we knew it was...
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jim demint has led the charge against the nation's debt problem. his new book is now or never and he is "outfront" tonight. good to see you. >> good to see you. we talk a lot about the debt. >> yes, you do. so, this letter comes. dr. mr. speaker pursuant to section -- i hear by certify that the debt to limit and within $100 billion of the limit and further borrowing is required to meet existing commitments. how does it make you feel? >> like we said, we knew it was coming. strange that the so-called deficit reduction bill just increased our debt and unfortunately, i couldn't vote for it because we not only didn't need the raise the debt limit to the degree they were talking about, but we made this a passable with only a third of the votes of house members and a third of the senate members normally, it takes 60 votes to pass this, but part of the deal was we didn't have to vote for it, but it would pass. so i didn't want to be any part of it. we've got to take the debt more seriously thanhat. we spend all year talking about deficit reduction. we pas
jim demint has led the charge against the nation's debt problem. his new book is now or never and he is "outfront" tonight. good to see you. >> good to see you. we talk a lot about the debt. >> yes, you do. so, this letter comes. dr. mr. speaker pursuant to section -- i hear by certify that the debt to limit and within $100 billion of the limit and further borrowing is required to meet existing commitments. how does it make you feel? >> like we said, we knew it was...
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cnn's national political correspondent, jim acosta's in jacksonville, florida. jim? >> reporter: wolf, less than 48 hours after wrapping up their republican convention in florida, mitt romney and paul ryan return to this battleground state with an appear to sports fans, to give the gop team a chance to turn the country around. >> romney/ryan! romney/ryan! romney/ryan! >> reporter: it was a battleground state blitz, as mitt romney and paul ryan teamed up once again in florida. >> i don't like the way this game is going under this president. >> reporter: the gop ticket kicked off their day in ohio. as the college football season got underway, ryan tailgated with fans at a game between his alma mater and ohio state. and he touted the republican economic game plan. >> ohio is the battleground state. it's a -- it's a state whose electoral votes will very well determine who the next president of the united states is and the next two choices of the future we have. >> reporter: meanwhile, down in cincinnati, romney made the case for a new play caller in the white house. >> 2
cnn's national political correspondent, jim acosta's in jacksonville, florida. jim? >> reporter: wolf, less than 48 hours after wrapping up their republican convention in florida, mitt romney and paul ryan return to this battleground state with an appear to sports fans, to give the gop team a chance to turn the country around. >> romney/ryan! romney/ryan! romney/ryan! >> reporter: it was a battleground state blitz, as mitt romney and paul ryan teamed up once again in florida....
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jim clancy, cnn, charlotte, north carolina. >>> back to presidential politics. president obama making his first public comments since mitt romney's selection of paul ryan as a running mate.
jim clancy, cnn, charlotte, north carolina. >>> back to presidential politics. president obama making his first public comments since mitt romney's selection of paul ryan as a running mate.
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thank you, jim. >> thank you, mr. president. the next debate, the vice presidential event on thursday, october 11th at center college in danville, kentucky. for now, from the university of
thank you, jim. >> thank you, mr. president. the next debate, the vice presidential event on thursday, october 11th at center college in danville, kentucky. for now, from the university of
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thank you, jim. >> thank you, governor, thank you, mr. president. the nex debate will be the vice presidential event on thursday october 11th at center college in danville, kentucky. for now, from the university of denver, i'm jim lehrer, thank you and good night. i'm wolf blitzer. there's enormous pressure on president obama and governor romney right now. we're asking debate watchers, those who watched the debate to the history books. tonight, just like we will after every upcoming debate, we're breaking it down, issue by issue. this means more talk from the candidate on a particular topic. looking at some of the totals, we'll show you what's going on. but, first, here are some of the highlights from the first presidential debate. >> what things would i cut from spending? first of all, i will eliminate all programs by this test. if they don't pass it. is the program so critical, it's worth boring money from china to pay for it? obama care is on my list. i apologize mr. president. jim, i'm sorry, i had stop the subsidy to pbs. i love big bird, like
thank you, jim. >> thank you, governor, thank you, mr. president. the nex debate will be the vice presidential event on thursday october 11th at center college in danville, kentucky. for now, from the university of denver, i'm jim lehrer, thank you and good night. i'm wolf blitzer. there's enormous pressure on president obama and governor romney right now. we're asking debate watchers, those who watched the debate to the history books. tonight, just like we will after every upcoming...
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i -- i met a guy in southern illinois, jim leatode is his name jim graduated second in his class in high school, second from the bottom, that is. he decided that college was not in his future. and so he went to his dad and said, dad, can i borrow some money? i want to start a little bit. and they worked something out. they were going to serve food. he went out to buy one of these hamburger griddles, and the rollers that make hot dogs, and then this big hood to take out of the smoke and all that. by the time he costed it out, he found out he didn't begin to have enough money. the conclusion was all he could do is make sandwiches. he got some tables, went to a friend's garages, made sandwiching, and delivered them to home. good sandwiches. now jimmy johns has 1,3500 restaurants and employs 60,000 people. isn't that amazing? it's just -- you see, it's just the way america works. it's individuals in their own ways pursuing their own dreams, who take a risk in some cases, who worked harder than they ever imagined they would, who use all their brainpower to come up with ideas to okay, we're go
i -- i met a guy in southern illinois, jim leatode is his name jim graduated second in his class in high school, second from the bottom, that is. he decided that college was not in his future. and so he went to his dad and said, dad, can i borrow some money? i want to start a little bit. and they worked something out. they were going to serve food. he went out to buy one of these hamburger griddles, and the rollers that make hot dogs, and then this big hood to take out of the smoke and all...
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jim lehre is a professional. he was nice, considering the participatants did not follow the time limit rules. he was supposed to be a moderator and he wound up like a replacement referee. romney took command of the debate like a real president should. from jacob. lehrer was week. i was sick of seeing mitt forcing his last two cents or even interrupting the president. and this from lisa. not fair at all. keep the conversation going. the next hour of "cnn newsroom" starts now. which presidential candidate is enjoying a big bounce on the campaign trail today? >>> bizarre debate moments. the blinking. the bro hug and big bird. but will it change your vote? >>> plus, urban farming reaches a new "high." police in chicago find two football fields worth of marijuana plants the size of christmas trees. >>> a generic version of off the market. we are looking at generic drug risks. newsroom starts now. >>> good morning! i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining us. >>> it's the morning after the presidential debate.
jim lehre is a professional. he was nice, considering the participatants did not follow the time limit rules. he was supposed to be a moderator and he wound up like a replacement referee. romney took command of the debate like a real president should. from jacob. lehrer was week. i was sick of seeing mitt forcing his last two cents or even interrupting the president. and this from lisa. not fair at all. keep the conversation going. the next hour of "cnn newsroom" starts now. which...
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let's go to jim acosta. he's in norfolk watching thun fold. we're getting more information on when mitt romney decided paul ryan is the man. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. it's very interesting to report this. a senior romney adviser just confirmed to me a few moments ago that mitt romney made this choice, decided to pick paul ryan as his running mate august 1st. that was nearly two weeks ago he made this decision. obviously the former governor has a poker face, he was able to keep it secret for so long. what is so interesting about the august 1st date, the day after his trip, which by a lot of people's estimates didn't go well. perhaps mitt romney came back and said it's time to change the narrative from that trip and back to what the campaign is, which campaign advisers say will be about big ideas and contrast. another adviser tells me about the timing of today. why today. they say, yes, the olympics, that is going on this weekend. a lot of people will be watching on the olympics. they also wanted to capitalize on that moment. there will a
let's go to jim acosta. he's in norfolk watching thun fold. we're getting more information on when mitt romney decided paul ryan is the man. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. it's very interesting to report this. a senior romney adviser just confirmed to me a few moments ago that mitt romney made this choice, decided to pick paul ryan as his running mate august 1st. that was nearly two weeks ago he made this decision. obviously the former governor has a poker face, he was able to keep it...
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jim acosta is traveling with romney for us. >> reporter: fred, mitt romney is wrapping up a three-day campaign sweep through florida. the part was in debate prep and this is in port st. lucie, florida in front of an estimated crowd of 12,000 people. of course, over the last couple of days we heard mitt romney continue this victory lap after what was widely perceived to be a big victory in that first presidential debate. earlier this morning on the sunday talk shows, top obama campaign strategists went after mitt romney accusing him of making false statements. today in port st. lucie he fired about. >> you heard his answers or nonanswers. of course days later we hear his excuses, and next january we'll be watching him leave the wlous for the last time. >> reporter: next romney heads to virginia for a major foreign policy speech at the virginian military institute. after that the gop nominee will campaign in more critical battleground states like ohio and iowa. fred. >> thanks so much, jim. >>> for both presidential campaigns, this week could turn out to be as much of a roller coaster r
jim acosta is traveling with romney for us. >> reporter: fred, mitt romney is wrapping up a three-day campaign sweep through florida. the part was in debate prep and this is in port st. lucie, florida in front of an estimated crowd of 12,000 people. of course, over the last couple of days we heard mitt romney continue this victory lap after what was widely perceived to be a big victory in that first presidential debate. earlier this morning on the sunday talk shows, top obama campaign...
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i mentioned this to jim. in case you didn't hear me, those personal attributes, likability, strength, mitt romney really surged. it's just two men in this case on that stage. what could the president have done to avoid the outcome that ended up happening? >> well, you know, in terms of mitt romney surging, just remember how much of a deficit he had to make up. i mean, he was in some cases double digits behind the president and all those attributes and the president is still leading on them. we expected an aggressive debater to show up last night on the debate stage with barack obama. we didn't expect an aggressively dishonest debater to show up. that's what we got in mitt romney. what could the president have done differently? of course, we'll recalibrate and recalculate based on the mitt romney that showed up last night. we've got two more debates left. now we know what we're dealing with. we know that mitt romney will, in a split second, walk away from the central policy of his entire economic plan because
i mentioned this to jim. in case you didn't hear me, those personal attributes, likability, strength, mitt romney really surged. it's just two men in this case on that stage. what could the president have done to avoid the outcome that ended up happening? >> well, you know, in terms of mitt romney surging, just remember how much of a deficit he had to make up. i mean, he was in some cases double digits behind the president and all those attributes and the president is still leading on...
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we found jim again. jim acosta, can you hear me? or is the crowd too loud? >> reporter: i think you're talking to me right now. can you confirm that to me? >> yes, i am talking to you. >> reporter: it is so loud here. this may be one of the loudest. they want the energy going here. i talked to a senior romney adviser earlier who said they like this chemistry that exists between mitt romney and paul ryan. it wasn't really in the cards for these two guys to be out on the campaign trail, at least that's what the campaign told us a week ago, but they felt that looking at the crowds that they got together when they were out campaigning together in virginia, north carolina, that they wanted to do this again. that's why they're out here in new hampshire. something very interesting just happened on they jumbo screens. can't show it to you now, but they were playing what sounded like an extended speech from mitt romney, and over that, they laid over imaging of patriotic imaging, images of mitt romney on the campaign trail. it felt very much a sneak preview of the con
we found jim again. jim acosta, can you hear me? or is the crowd too loud? >> reporter: i think you're talking to me right now. can you confirm that to me? >> yes, i am talking to you. >> reporter: it is so loud here. this may be one of the loudest. they want the energy going here. i talked to a senior romney adviser earlier who said they like this chemistry that exists between mitt romney and paul ryan. it wasn't really in the cards for these two guys to be out on the...
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so now you have jim messina, who's the president's campaign manager, firing off a letter to the romney campaign, saying in part, "governor romney apparently fears that the more he offers, the more our campaign will demand that he provides. so i am prepared to provide assurances on just that point. if the governor will release five years of returns, i commit in turn that we will not criticize him for not releasing more." they say he won't criticize him in ads, they won't criticize him in any commentary. but matt rhodes is dismissing this letter, writing in part, "it is clear that president obama wants nothing more than to talk about governor romney's tax returns instead of the issues that matter to voters, like putting americans back to work, fixing the economy, and reining in spending." the romney campaign, they have said time and time again, that this is not an issue. that what mitt romney wants to focus on is how he can go out there and create jobs for the millions of americans who are still out of work, john. >> that's at least good to know, despite all the nastiness, they can have
so now you have jim messina, who's the president's campaign manager, firing off a letter to the romney campaign, saying in part, "governor romney apparently fears that the more he offers, the more our campaign will demand that he provides. so i am prepared to provide assurances on just that point. if the governor will release five years of returns, i commit in turn that we will not criticize him for not releasing more." they say he won't criticize him in ads, they won't criticize him...
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that is cnn's jim acosta traveling with the romney campaign. we'll get back to jim and get that straight for you. we're going to move on now. of course, jim, traveling with the romney campaign, they feel they're going to have some momentum. they hit seven states today. that's a lot of states to cover. debuke is in the center of the campaign today. mitt romney at lunchtime, president obama, there right now. our chief correspondent is there as well. jessica, that city is getting plenty of attention today. at least the two men weren't there at the same time. that would have been a bit awkward. >> yeah, although they would have had an unscripted debate. that would have been unusual and probably good for the public. this state getting so much attention because it is one of those must-win battlegrounds, don. and it tells us so much about the -- the map tells us so much about where they're fighting in these final days. where we are right now is not ju just -- it's sort of a two-for for the president. not just fighting ie way, but across the river. the
that is cnn's jim acosta traveling with the romney campaign. we'll get back to jim and get that straight for you. we're going to move on now. of course, jim, traveling with the romney campaign, they feel they're going to have some momentum. they hit seven states today. that's a lot of states to cover. debuke is in the center of the campaign today. mitt romney at lunchtime, president obama, there right now. our chief correspondent is there as well. jessica, that city is getting plenty of...
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jim acosta is there. he joins us now by phone. jim? >> that's right. we just landed in pittsburgh a few moments ago. as you just mentioned, mitt romney just climbed off the plane. we saw something that was pretty extraordinary, something you haven't seen all day today. there were a couple thousand of his supporters standing on the parking garage, just across the tarmac where his plane is sitting and they were all screaming and cheering as he came down the plane and mitt romney, for some time, sensed to stay away from those kind of moments, he decided to walk over to the security and he was waiting for all the supporters. one of the poignant moments you see on the campaign and that's what we saw here, anderson. mitt rom my is en route to what we believe to be a volunteer center where they make calls to supporters in the pennsylvania area. he did that earlier today when he was in the cleveland, ohio, area. you mentioned three campaign planes, well, two campaign planes and one plane that belongs to the vice president of the united states parked on the run
jim acosta is there. he joins us now by phone. jim? >> that's right. we just landed in pittsburgh a few moments ago. as you just mentioned, mitt romney just climbed off the plane. we saw something that was pretty extraordinary, something you haven't seen all day today. there were a couple thousand of his supporters standing on the parking garage, just across the tarmac where his plane is sitting and they were all screaming and cheering as he came down the plane and mitt romney, for some...
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now, you have jim messina, who is the president's campaign manager, firing off a letter to the romney campaign saying, in part, quote, governor romney apparently fears that the more he offers, the more our campaign will demand he will provide. i am prepared to provide assurances on just that point, if the governor will release five years of return, i commit in return that we will not criticize him for not releasing more. they say they won't criticize him in ads or any communication or commentary. for the romney campaign, matt rhodes writing his own letter and saying, it is clear that president obama wants nothing more to talk about governor romney's tax returns instead of the issues that matter to voters like putting americans back to work, fixing the economy and reigning in spending. the romney campaign has said, this is not an issue. what mitt romney wants to focus on is how he can go out there and create jobs for the millions of americans that are still out of work, john. >> that's at least good to know. despite all the nastyness they can have a nice exchange of notes. a group of v
now, you have jim messina, who is the president's campaign manager, firing off a letter to the romney campaign saying, in part, quote, governor romney apparently fears that the more he offers, the more our campaign will demand he will provide. i am prepared to provide assurances on just that point, if the governor will release five years of return, i commit in return that we will not criticize him for not releasing more. they say they won't criticize him in ads or any communication or...
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jim acosta, cnn, florida. >> all right, third and last presidential debate. this monday night the focus will be foreign policy. live coverage from boca raton, florida, 7 eastern. >>> and a washington athlete accomplishing something that no player has ever done. the amazing play making its way across the nation. [ woman ] it's 32 minutes to go time, and the candidate's speech is in pieces all over the district. the writer's desktop and the coordinator's phone are working on a joke with local color. the secure cloud just received a revised intro from the strategist's tablet. and while i make my way into the venue, the candidate will be rehearsing off of his phone. [ candidate ] and thanks to every young face i see out there. [ woman ] his phone is one of his biggest supporters. [ female announcer ] with cisco at the center... working together has never worked so well. ernest. >>> a florida judge has ruled that the trayvon martin school and records can be handed over to the family of zimmerman. they were trying to keep the information private. more from seminole
jim acosta, cnn, florida. >> all right, third and last presidential debate. this monday night the focus will be foreign policy. live coverage from boca raton, florida, 7 eastern. >>> and a washington athlete accomplishing something that no player has ever done. the amazing play making its way across the nation. [ woman ] it's 32 minutes to go time, and the candidate's speech is in pieces all over the district. the writer's desktop and the coordinator's phone are working on a joke...
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there were also some questions about the moderator jim lehrer. watch this. >> governor romney do you have a question you would like to ask the directly. >> the president began the segment so i think i get the last word. >> you get the first word in the next segment. >> is there a specific -- >> let me mention the other one -- >> no, let's not. >> before. >> two minutes is up, sir. >> i had five seconds before you interrupted me was -- >> i sometimes wondered if we even needed a moderator ba we had mitt romney. we should rethink that for the next debate. >> joining us now two journalists from the website daily download.com. he said this in defending himself. let me start with you. he said, part of my moderator mission was to stay out of the way of the flow and i had no problems with doing so. my only real personal frustration was discovering was not enough time in that more open format to cover every issue that deserved attention. what do you think of the criticism he's been getting. >> let's just talk about what was on twitter. that let's not com
there were also some questions about the moderator jim lehrer. watch this. >> governor romney do you have a question you would like to ask the directly. >> the president began the segment so i think i get the last word. >> you get the first word in the next segment. >> is there a specific -- >> let me mention the other one -- >> no, let's not. >> before. >> two minutes is up, sir. >> i had five seconds before you interrupted me was --...
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jim acosta is here. they understand the pressures. they understand the heat from the democrats. what will paul ryan show the american people? >> john, what we're hearing from the camp gntonight, paul ryan is doing that interview on cbs with mitt romney. he said during that interview that he will be releasing two years of his tax returns. i went over to a ryan spokesman, try toed confirm that. yes, that is the plan. he's going to release two years of his tax returns. the timetable? i got word back that as soon as they're ready is essentially when we're going to see the tax returns. john, as you know, this has been a looming issue, a pressing issue for the romney campaign all throughout this primary and regular campaign season cycle. i think what we're going to see eventually from the romney and ryan team is they're trying to get ahead of some of these issues. you know, they've been playing a lot of defense. i think the sign that they're giving tonight that they'll release the tax returns is a sense they're going to play more offense, get out in front of these issues and play more
jim acosta is here. they understand the pressures. they understand the heat from the democrats. what will paul ryan show the american people? >> john, what we're hearing from the camp gntonight, paul ryan is doing that interview on cbs with mitt romney. he said during that interview that he will be releasing two years of his tax returns. i went over to a ryan spokesman, try toed confirm that. yes, that is the plan. he's going to release two years of his tax returns. the timetable? i got...